Also tried running the following command psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b –wait –force and error still persisited.
Also tried psconfig.exe -cmd adminvs -provision -port 1234 -windowsauthprovider onlyusentlm
Below is the event log error:
Failed to provision the SharePoint Central Administration Web Application.
An exception of type System.NullReferenceException was thrown. Additional exception information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.ApplyActionToXmlDocument(XmlDocument xdAction, XmlDocument xd, String sourceFileName, SupportedXmlDocutmentActions supportedActions)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.MergeWebConfig(XmlDocument xdWebConfig, String fileMask)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.Copy(FileInfo srcFile, DirectoryInfo destDir, String validationKey, String decryptionKey, Boolean bMergeWebConfig, Boolean bBackupExistingFile)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.InstallFiles(DirectoryInfo vrPath, String validationKey, String decryptionKey)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.InstallFiles(DirectoryInfo virtualDirectoryPath, String validationKey, String decryptionKey)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebServiceInstance.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.CentralAdministrationSiteTask.ProvisionAdminVs()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.CentralAdministrationSiteTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">104</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-11-26T22:11:08.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>185647</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Server Name</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Failed to provision the SharePoint Central Administration Web Application.
An exception of type System.NullReferenceException was thrown. Additional exception information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.ApplyActionToXmlDocument(XmlDocument xdAction, XmlDocument xd, String sourceFileName, SupportedXmlDocutmentActions supportedActions)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.MergeWebConfig(XmlDocument xdWebConfig, String fileMask)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.Copy(FileInfo srcFile, DirectoryInfo destDir, String validationKey, String decryptionKey, Boolean bMergeWebConfig, Boolean bBackupExistingFile)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.InstallFiles(DirectoryInfo vrPath, String validationKey, String decryptionKey)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.InstallFiles(DirectoryInfo virtualDirectoryPath, String validationKey, String decryptionKey)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebServiceInstance.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.CentralAdministrationSiteTask.ProvisionAdminVs()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.CentralAdministrationSiteTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>









